Mental health can take us to a place where we’re reaching up for help and being dragged down at the same time.

Sometimes, all it takes is someone who’s been there to reach back.

Welcome. I’m Eric (He/Him), an Associate Addictions Counsellor with a Master’s degree in interdisciplinary studies, currently practising at the Centre for Hope and Recovery in Ottawa, where lived experience, clinical excellence, and evidence-based practice form the foundation of care.

Drawing on extensive lived and living experience in addiction, trauma, and mental health recovery, I work primarily from Motivational Interviewing and solution-focused approaches within a trauma-informed, culturally responsive framework—adapting to meet each person where they are, because recovery looks different for everyone.

In addition to my training in clinical approaches, I know this territory from the inside, and I know that recovery is genuinely possible—in whatever form it takes for you.

My Approach

I am not a psychotherapist. What I offer is counselling—present-focused, goal-oriented support structured around specific concerns. For many people navigating substance use and behavioural addictions — including alcohol, cannabis, and other substances — concurrent mental health challenges including anxiety and depression, or trauma, counselling is not a lesser option but the right one: it begins where you are, moves at your pace, and works toward what matters to you.

For many people, counselling also provides the stabilization and immediate support that makes deeper therapeutic work more accessible when the time is right.

I work from the conviction that genuine change becomes possible not through skills alone, but through the quality of the encounter. Safety, choice, and an honest relationship between counsellor and client are the conditions in which something new can begin.

If what you need falls outside what I can offer, I will help you find the right support.

I am currently developing a group workshop integrating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Twelve Step Facilitation, to be held at the Centre for Hope and Recovery. If you are interested in being notified when registration opens, please reach out.

I’m available for a free 20-minute consultation. Reach out and I will reach back within one business day.